Ditching-plow.



PATENTED SEPT. 19, 1905. D. W. DENNY & H. L. RADBR.

DITUHING PLOW. APPLICATION FILED APR. 8.1905.

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DANIEL W. DENNY AND HENRY L. RADER, OF TARRYALL, COLORADO.

DlTCHlNG-PLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1905.

Application filed April 8, 1905. Serial No. 254,575.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, DANIEL W. DENNY and HENRY L. RADER, residing atTarryall, in the county of Park and State of Colorado, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Ditching-Flows; and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains from below.

to make and use the same.

This invention relates to plows used for forming ditches for irrigatingand draining land; and it consists in the novel construction andcombination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the plow. Fig. 2 is a planview of the plow Fig. 3-is an end view showing the plow-beam incross-section on the line in w in Fig. 1.

A is the plow-beam, which is of any approved form, and B representshandles for guiding the plow.

O is a wedge-shaped loop formed of a plate of fiat sheet metal. The apexof the loop is rounded and is arranged downward, and the upper part ofthe loop is providedwith inclined portions 0 and parallel portions d,which are secured to the opposite sides of the plow-beam. Cutting edges0 are formed on the loop O.

D represents two curved brace-bars, the end portions of which aresecured to the plowbeam. The middle portions of these bracebars aresecured to the upper and widest part of the wedge-shaped loop C byrivets or bolts 0. The guiding-handles are also preferably secured tothese brace-bars in front of the said loops, and E is a brace betweenthe upper end portions of the handles and the rear end portion of theplow-beam.

F is a trough-shaped cutter havinga pointed front endf. The front endportion of the cutter is secured to the rounded bottom end portion ofthe loop O, and the rear end portion g of the cutter is inclinedupwardly and rear wardly and secured to a wedge-shaped blade G. Thisblade is similar in shape to the wedgeshaped loop O and it is arrangedbehind it in inclined position. The side portions of the blade G areinclined rearwardly, so that its front surface is convex. The blade issecured to the part 9 by any approved rivets or bolts h, and H is abrace secured to the upper and rear end portion of the blade at one endand to the plow-beam at the other end. The troughshaped cutter F isstraight for its entire length and is arranged with its pointed endslightly below the level of its rear end.

The plow is drawn along in the usual manner of using a plow. The cutterF scoops or cuts a groove or ditch in the surface of the ground, and theblade Gr discharges the loose earth onto the ground upon each side ofthe said'groove or ditch.

What we claim is 1. In a ditching-plow, the co'mbination,with a beam, ofa wedge-shaped loop secured to the said beam, a straight trough-shapedcutter arranged in an inclined position and having its front end portionsecured under the rounded bottom end of the said loop, a wedge-shapeddischarging-blade having its lower end secured to the rear end of thesaid cutter, and a brace between the upper end of the said blade and thesaid beam.

2. In a ditching-plow, the combinatiomwith a beam, of a wedge-shapedloop having converginginclined lower side portions, reverselyinclinedupper portions and parallel top portions which are secured to the saidbeam, two brace-bars having their end portions secured to the said beamand their middle portions secured to the widest part of the said loop, astraight trough-shaped cutter arranged in an inclined position andhaving its front end portion secured under the rounded bottom end of thesaid loop, a wedge-shaped dischargingblade having its lower end securedto the rear end of the said cutter, and a brace between the upper end ofthe said blade and the said beam.

In testimony whereof weafiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

DANIEL W. DENNY. HENRY L. RADER. Witnesses:

DANIEL J. MOKAY, AUSTIN R. Mosns.

